Wednesday, May 30, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Contractors make
rodeo into a big show
much more exciting.
“Sisters gave me my first
shot at sound,” Buchanan
explained, “and then I rec-
ommended my good friend
JJ for their rodeo. With the
announcers we have and JJ,
there is a fine-tuned read of
the crowd that is almost an
art. My voice is the music.
“We all work so well
together. We know when to
let the crowd settle after big
action, then we bring it back
up to hand clappin’ and foot
stompin’ fun.”
By Bonnie Malone
Correspondent
Sisters Rodeo has a knack
for bringing the best of pro-
fessional contractors to town,
a team that makes the rodeo’s
famous fast pace attract fans
from across the nation.
“There is a chemistry
and atmosphere at Sisters
that you just don’t find at
other rodeos,” said Jason
Buchanan, a rodeo sound
man, who has been producing
music at Sisters for 16 years.
“The crowd gets so involved,
which makes the event that
See CONTRACTORS on page 31
Visioning project going
deeper at forums
reserve a space. Light food
and refreshments will be
provided.
According to Steven Ames
of NXT Consultants, the pur-
pose of all four forums is to
“take the higher-level think-
ing on values and visions
that surfaced in the surveys,
interviews, and meetings, and
engage in longer, deeper com-
munity conversations about
the key questions, challenges,
and critical choices being
heard” by the consultants.
The format for each of
the forums will be similar.
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Now that the initial inter-
views, surveys, and commu-
nity meetings are completed,
the visioning process known
as Sisters Country Horizons
is entering into a period of
deeper conversations on spe-
cific topics.
Connected Sisters will be
held Thursday, May 31, 5 to
8 p.m., in the Sisters High
School lecture room. The
event is free and open to the
public, and those planning on
attending are asked to email
jpieper@ci.sisters.or.us to
See VISIONING on page 30
PHOTO PROVIDED
Instructor Sam Monte turned over the controls to George Chladek for a solo earlier this month.
16-year-old takes to the skies
George Chladek, a sopho-
more at Sisters High School,
has joined the elite club of
students who fly solo in an
airplane at 16 years old.
Chladek wanted to solo on his
16th birthday in February, but
had to wait for weather condi-
tions to improve.
Chladek soloed before
school on May 7, in Outlaw
Aviation’s Cessna 172 at
Madras airport. After a flight
with CFI (Certificated Flight
Instructor) Sam Monte of
Outlaw Aviation, and a few
landings and take-offs, Monte
asked Chladek to drop him off
on the ramp.
“The conditions were per-
fect, and he proved to me he
was safe and responsible as
Pilot in Command. I only had
one decision to make, and that
was to get out,” said Monte.
Chladek recalls “I was a
little nervous when I got to
the runway, but once I got in
the air, I just focused on flying
the plane like I was trained to
do. When Sam got out, the
plane felt so light with just
me in it. I took off in half the
distance.”
According to Monte,
Chladek has one of the few-
est flight hours of any student
he has soloed. The average
amount of flight training is
over 50 hours before a solo,
but Chladek soloed at only 17
hours of flight training.
Chladek’s interest in avia-
tion started in 7th grade when
his neighbor, Jon Renner,
who was teaching the Flight
Science program at the time,
offered to take Chladek
flying in his Musketeer. When
Chladek entered Sisters High
School as a freshman last
year, he enrolled in the Flight
Science class taught by Sheryl
Yeager.
Chladek has received
a scholarship from The
Roundhouse Foundation for
part of his flight training,
and then received a match-
ing scholarship from Outlaw
Aviation and Sisters Airport
from their fund-raising
events.
Chladek plans to take the
FAA written exam for his
private pilot certificate at
the end of this school year,
along with several other SHS
Flight Science students. Then
he plans to take his oral and
See PILOT on page 6
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
location information: 541-549-2072.
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-1527.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs.,
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church. 541-548-0440.
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters
Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Area Woodworkers
1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
3rd Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Ray’s Food
Place community room. 541-771-3258.
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-923-1632.
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m.,
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Location information: 541-549-1193.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
are held quarterly; please call for details. Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
541-388-9013.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Support Group 1st Tuesday, 11 a.m.,
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900.
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
& Enrichment) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to
Library community room. 541-549-1471. 4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Sisters Area Photography Club
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community 2nd Thursday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
community room. 541-549-6157.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSIDi Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
FIRE & POLICE
VFW Post 8138 and American Legion
Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters
Community Church. 541-602-2654.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Station 602,
67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815.
See the agenda at cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Out West Realty offi ce at
Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online
at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
CITY & PARKS
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays,
6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091.
This listing is for regular
Sisters Country meetings;
email information to
teresa@nuggetnews.com